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H.R.2185
Sponsor: Rep Stark, Fortney Pete(introduced 6/14/1999)
Latest Major Action: 6/25/1999 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of private health insurance through a pooling arrangement.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions) (Floor Actions/Congressional Record Page References)
6/14/1999:
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
6/14/1999:
Referred to House Ways and Means
6/14/1999:
Referred to House Government Reform
6/25/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(2), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Coyne, William J. - 7/16/1999 Rep McDermott, Jim - 7/16/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
6/14/1999--Introduced.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Health Insurance for Americans Act of 1999 - Title I: Refundable Credit for Health Insurance - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited credit for the amount paid for insurance which constitutes medical care for the taxpayer, his spouse, and dependents.

Title II: Making Health Insurance Coverage Available - Declares that, as a condition for entering into a contract for the offering of a health benefits plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan, if the carrier offering the plan is a health insurance issuer, the carrier offering the plan: (1) shall make available qualified health insurance under this title to qualified individuals; (2) shall provide for an annual open enrollment period during which such individuals may enroll in such insurance; and (3) shall permit enrollment at other times and may impose (with respect to enrollment at such times) a waiting period of not longer than 60 days.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an Office of Health Insurance.